ESS Inclusive Excellence Committee Update

Friday, February 26, 2021

Last June we shared a Commitment to Action in support of Black Lives Matter. More than a statement of solidarity or simply a performative measure, we created this living document as an action plan with embedded accountability. Now, eight months later and in honor of Black History Month, we want to share some updates on actions taken or in progress. These are departmental efforts in addition to the breadth of programming being offered through the University’s Black Thriving Initiative, the UCI End Racism Initiative,  and the School of Physical Sciences.

You can read the full statement here:

https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/e/2PACX-1vSc-3cQft1KAbSMJJy23OzhtKbXtmneJ2MlPEHrlZkrAuG0biJJbXPbG3HLCR8tbuZtsOy5hWFSUl_8/pub

The Department of Earth System Science acknowledges our presence on the ancestral and unceded territory of the Acjachemen and Tongva peoples, who still hold strong cultural, spiritual and physical ties to this region.